Rhum Depaz XO (70cl, 45%)

Rhum Depaz XO is a Martinique rhum agricole, distilled from freshly pressed blue-sugarcane juice rather than molasses. It is a blend of rhums aged 8 to 10 years in French oak, drawn from the Depaz estate at La Montagne in Saint-Pierre, at the foot of Mount Pelée. The cane is grown on the estate's own volcanic soils, and the rhum is distilled, aged and bottled entirely on the property under the AOC Martinique appellation. The estate was founded in 1651, destroyed in the 1902 eruption of Mount Pelée, and rebuilt by Victor Depaz, with production resuming in 1917. At 45% ABV it is a sipping rhum that also holds its shape in a Ti' Punch.